12.28.2008

So, my grandmother died a little while ago.I didn't see fit to report it to the internet, because... well, I didn't really think it necessary at the time. But I've had some time to think.

Everyone tells me I should be sad.When I'm not sad, they either say:"You shouldn't repress your feelings." or...

"You're a rock."I suppose I am. Some things just don't faze me.

I try to support others, and make them happy, cheer them up. Because it makes me feel better as well. It's why I'm a guardian, underneath; I feel compelled to help, to protect, and I am, for want of a better word, Indestructible. This isn't to say I don't have weaknesses, but that I defend myself in different ways than most people, in some ways I can't even explain. I stare every day into my own mortality, wearing armour constructed only from the strength of my will and the words of dead men.

We all wade upstream against the inexorable low of time, praying we can hold ourselves against the current for one second longer...

And here I stand, admiring the sunlight playing off the water while those about me struggle to exist.

I just hope I can catch a few people's hands before the current pulls them away.

BUCK 65 - Roses And Bluejays

I'm a lot like my dad, I would have to sayHe's been wearing a beard ever since Mom passed awayShe would'a hated itInspiring, he likes to go to church to hear the choir sing

Roses and Bluejays, winter comes, game overHe's in the driveway removing snow with a flamethrowerDrives a hard bargainKnows how to get the dealsSpring fever hits, he needs a new set of wheelsEvery year it never failsRoaming around in his hometown beachcombing

Roses and Bluejays, I'm a lot like my fatherHe knows he should go to work, but sometimes he doesn't botherReads books of every sortGets all the news he needs from the weather reportThe door stays open a few days and closesWhat's more important than Bluejays and Roses?

Son of a gun, and the old man is something elseIn addition to being a bull-fighter and magicianHe's a lazy river, Slow moving trainFuture hall-of-famer, playing through the painHe's a Grizzly Bear

And do you know one time he even saw a UFO?My dad's favorite things are Roses and BluejaysI would say we're the same, in more than a few ways

Full of beans and big ideas'Cause I can't sleepI'm not sure why he isWide awake and off to the racesOut of gas and lost in space

So full of beans and big ideas'Cause I can't sleepI'm not sure why he isWide awake and off to the racesOut of gas and lost in space

12.04.2008

Now, I'm all for political upheaval. Things cannot be allowed to become stagnant. But I do agree that when something ain't broke, you don't fix it.

This shit is broke.

Fact of the matter is, if you were a shareholder in a national corporation, and you were informed that the CEO had wasted a ridiculous amount of money and was now planning to cripple your ability to do anything about it, you'd be more pissed then John Baird chained to a Pride Parade float.

This is what has happened in Canada.

Stephen Harper has tried to kill all the birds with one VERY mistimed stone.He tried to take away federal workers' right to protest, so they couldn't legally make him look bad.He also tried to hinder political parties' ability to collect and retain funding, because he's in power already and thus has much buxx to throw around.In addition to this cockdickery, he wasted a 13 million dollar surplus (built by previous Liberal governments) on the war and random whims, neither of which are helping the economy.

Well, Stephen: for someone who was said to be an economic wunderkind, YOU SURE DONE F*CKED UP.

If, as a shareholder in the aforementioned corporation, you were told that from now on, half your investment return would be in 'intangible benefits', the nature of which are never explained to you. You'd be damn pissed and rightly so.

Stephen's response to the economic turmoil circling the globe like a Firefox?

...do what he always does.1) Blame the Liberals.2) Tell us to wait until later (in this case, January, by which time Vault 1 will have been completed.)

The upshot of all this is that there will be a very awkward Parliamentary Christmas Dinner this year, as Harper will be all alone on one side of a table that stretches a mari usque ad mare.

Yes, yes, kids, it's time to play Shadow of the Coalossus. Except Harper is having a much harder finding handholds on the beast than he expected.

'Unconstitutional?'Not quite. It's been done before, with a 50-50 precedent for success. And the only people who BAWWWWWED when it worked were the already useless deposed.

'Undemocratic?'I suppose so... except the last election could hardly be described as democratic, as it was another involuntary massive waste of our money, and neither the vote count nor the Parliamentary organization accurately represented the 'will of the people' the Conservatives are so fond of appealing to.

'In bed with Separatists?'Oh, Stephen. You were doing okay, up to here... the way you spit the word 'Separatists' across Commons like they're some childhood bogeyman is ridiculous. These are Canadian citizens you're so glibly abusing in your soundbites. And you're conveniently ignoring that the Bloc wouldn't really have any control, just sway. What happened to that stone cold Stephen we all knew and loved?

'Illegal?'Really? That's all you got? I suggest you watch what you say, especially after Duceppe stood up and pointed out you tried to pull the same thing... with the dreaded SEPARATISTS, no less.

...You know what, Stephen? Parliament should be prorogued. It may just give you enough time to adopt the United States Constitution.